After months of security concerns
spurred by regional violence and threats of terrorism, the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia debuted without any serious incident this week. But Rep. Michael McCaul,
R-Texas, delivered a stern warning to security officials on Sunday: You’re not
out of the woods yet.

McCaul, the chairman of the House
Homeland Security Committee, even offered a startling prediction on “Fox News Sunday”: “I think there’s a high degree of probability that something
will detonate, something will go off” before the Olympics are over, he said.

Regional security threats hang over Sochi Olympics“I think any Olympics
is going to have a certain risk to it. I think this particular Olympics, I've
never seen a greater threat, certainly in my lifetime,” he said. “Remember,
we've already had two suicide bombers that have gone off outside the Olympic
village in recent – in December. You had the train station and the bus blown
up.”

McCaul blamed the
likelihood of an attack on the lack of consultation Russian security officials
have afforded their American counterparts, along with Sochi’s location near the
heart of violent anti-Russian separatist movements in the Caucuses.

“I hope I'm wrong in this assessment,”
he added, “but you're talking about an area of the world where suicide bombers
go off all the time.”

Also on “Fox News Sunday, Rep. Adam Schiff,
D-Calif., offered a less alarmist perspective, though he still urged athletes
and those attending the games to be vigilant and take every available
precaution.

“There certainly are a
lot of risks. But I think they're manageable risks, if people stay where
they're supposed to,” he said, warning that the danger may be greatest near the
“soft targets outside of Sochi,” outside of the heavily fortified inner core of
Olympics facilities.

“It wouldn't be wise,
I think, to be broadcasting that you're from the United States,” he added.